In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras talks about how to paint edges.

Edges are one of the fundamental principals of painting from life. Painters create 3D form using light or dark tones, or values. The term edges, refers to the transitions between the areas of light or dark in a painting. For example, a hard outline of a light object silhouetted against a dark background, or the gradual transition from light to shadow on a round object. Understanding how edges work, is essential for achieving a really lifelike representation of what we see.

In this alla prima oil painting tutorial, Alex shares some simple rules for identifying different kinds of edges and the techniques he uses to paint them.

To learn more about light and dark tonal values, here’s a link to another of Alex’s videos:
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Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.

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